The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria,Australia during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade,which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia. The fighting resulted in an official total of 27 deaths and many injuries,the majority of casualties being rebels. There was a preceding period beginning in 1851 of peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience on the Victorian goldfields. The miners had various grievances,chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced.
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The following lists events that happened during 1923 in Australia.
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The Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Ballarat,Victoria,on 3 December 1854,between gold miners and the colonial forces of Australia. It was the culmination of the 1851-1854 Eureka Rebellion during the Victorian gold rush. The fighting resulted in an official total of 27 deaths and many injuries,the majority of casualties being rebels. The miners had various grievances,chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced.
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Hussey Malone Chomley was an Irish-born police officer who joined the police force in the colony of Victoria in 1852,and served for fifty years,including twenty years as chief commissioner from 1882 to 1902. He was the first chief commissioner to be appointed from the ranks of the police force itself.
Alfred George Sainsbury JP was an Australian police officer who served as Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1913 to 1919.
The following is a timeline of the Eureka Rebellion.
